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The gravel-throated legend gave his blessing to a show set to his greatest songs, but died before rehearsals began. As Dance Me hits the UK, its performers describe feeling his presence on stage

SAN DIEGO — A year ago, I enthusiastically wrote that more truly great albums were released in 1972 than in any other year before or since.

The directors deserve great credit for this nuanced and even-handed account of Spector’s misdeeds

An email from Bono

A retired academic wants an apology for an historic firebombing of his home. Hone Harawira tells him to "get f***ed"

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Liberation Day by George Saunders and Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez.

Mixing powerful French texts with a twang of American country music, Baptiste W. Hamon has been compared to Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nick Drake, Phil Ochs and even Leonard Cohen. He recently released a third album called “Jusqu'à la lumière”. He tells FRANCE 24’s Florence Villeminot about recording in Bristol with…

A fascinating collection of early fiction foreshadows motifs and concerns that Cohen the performer later mined across decades

A novella and short stories from the 1950s showcase Cohen’s fascinating self-fashioning, but also a taint of bitterness

Contributions from John Cale, Judy Collins and more illuminate the singer-songwriter’s art through his best-known song

Investors poured billions into buying rights, turning pop songs into a new asset class — but then the economy stalled